Weird. Running your script with grouped pSpheres1 I get no errors and they
rename accordingly.
Maybe you got some expression, scriptJob or something running on the
background?
Tested in Maya 8.5 by the way...
Richard
On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 7:29 PM, Seth Lippman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hello,
> I am trying to do what should be a simple rename, but I am having a
> few problems that I think are a bug, but hopefully just me not
> realizing an error I am making.
>
> I am writing a script to add a suffix to all meshes : "_geo". It goes
> like this:
>
> import maya.cmds as mc
> meshs = mc.ls(l=True,type='mesh')
> for mesh in meshs:
> # get parent transform
> transforms = mc.listRelatives(mesh, fullPath=True,parent=True)
> transform = transforms[0]
> print 'working on ' + transform
> # if there is no _geo at the end, put one there
> if not transform .endswith("_geo"):
> shortName = transform.split("|")
> newName = shortName[-1] + "_geo"
> print "rename %s to %s " % (transform,newName)
> mc.rename(transform,newName)
>
> If I create a new scene, with 2 sphere meshes, it works fine.
> If I group each sphere into its own group, and then name the spheres
> the same, I get errors.
>
> group1|pSphere
> group2|pSsphere
>
> When I run the script I do get
>
> group1|pSphere_geo
> group2|pSphere_geo
>
> but I also get this error in the script editor:
> working on |group1|pSphere1
> rename |group1|pSphere1 to pSphere1_geo
> working on |group2|pSphere1
> rename |group2|pSphere1 to pSphere1_geo
> // Error: Cannot convert data of type int[] to type int. //
> // Error: Cannot convert data of type int[] to type int. //
> // Error: Cannot convert data of type int[] to type int. //
> // Error: Cannot convert data of type int[] to type int. //
> // Error: Cannot convert data of type int[] to type int. //
> // Error: Cannot convert data of type int[] to type int. //
> // Error: Cannot convert data of type int[] to type int. //
> // Error: Cannot convert data of type int[] to type int. //
> // Error: More than one object matches name: pSphere1_geoShape //
> // Error: Cannot convert data of type int[] to type int. //
> // Error: More than one object matches name: pSphere1_geoShape //
> // Error: Cannot convert data of type int[] to type int. //
> // Error: Cannot convert data of type int[] to type int. //
> // Error: Cannot convert data of type int[] to type int. //
> // Error: Illegal operation "!" on data of type int[]. //
> // Error: Illegal operation "!" on data of type int[]. //
> // Error: Illegal operation "!" on data of type int[]. //
> // Error: Illegal operation "!" on data of type int[]. //
> // Error: Cannot convert data of type int[] to type int. //
> // Error: Cannot use data of type int[] in a scalar operation. //
>
>
> Anyone have any idea why? And what other method I could do to rename
> the same named objects?
>
>
> >
>
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